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WCVB maintains stronghold as Boston's news leader in November

Wins all newscasts in households and total viewers, plus majority of A25-54 newscasts

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Updated: 4:31 PM EST Nov 24, 2015

WCVB maintains stronghold as Boston's news leader in November

Wins all newscasts in households and total viewers, plus majority of A25-54 newscasts

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Updated: 4:31 PM EST Nov 24, 2015

BOSTON —

WCVB Channel 5 continues its long run as Boston's news leader, with two days remaining in the November sweep, capturing both a Total Viewer and Household win in all local newscasts. In addition, WCVB, Boston's ABC affiliate, finished No. 1 in morning (4:30 a.m., 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.) and evening (6 p.m.) newscasts in the Adults 25-54 demo.

"As we come to the close of the November sweep, WCVB is in a strong position of growth and continues its dominance in the competitive local Boston television news market," said Bill Fine, WCVB President and General Manager.

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"WCVB continues to be the station that more viewers rely on and turn to for breaking news, sports and weather on our many platforms and we are thankful to all of our viewers for their loyalty and support," Fine said.

"This is certainly the time of year to reflect and give thanks. We are very appreciative to all of our dedicated viewers for continuing to make WCVB Boston's top rated station. It is our mission to deliver the news that matters most to people in a compelling and timely fashion and the November ratings are evidence that we are succeeding in our efforts to serve our community," said Andrew Vrees, WCVB News Director.

WCVB CHANNEL 5 NOVEMBER 2015 HIGHLIGHTS

• WCVB is No. 1 across ALL newscasts in Households and Total Viewers, and wins the majority of newscasts (4:30 a.m., 5 a.m., 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.) in the Adults 25-54 demo.

• WCVB continues to outpace the competition in the mornings, and is the No.1 station viewers turn to jump start their days. At 4:30 a.m. in the A25-54 demo, WCVB is up 44 percent year over year compared to November 2014, as compared to double-digit declines for competitors WBZ and WFXT.

• The momentum continues at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. in the Adults 25-54 demo. WCVB posts significant advantages over its 5 a.m. competition, capturing a 137 perecent advantage over third place WFXT and 80 percent advantage over No. 2 WHDH. At 6 a.m., WCVB achieves an 89 percent advantage over No. 3 WFXT and a 34 percent advantage over No. 2 WHDH.

• WCVB has enjoyed 76 consecutive wins for both NewsCenter 5 at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. in Households.

• Good Morning America continues its steady growth, up 15 percent in the A25-54 demo as compared to November 2014, finishing a close No. 2 to NBC’s Today Show.

• WCVB NewsCenter 5 at Noon is the No.1 midday newscast in Households and Total Viewers, up nearly 10 percent book to book in both those key demos.

• WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 5 p.m. is No.1 in Total Viewers and Households. This early evening newscast grew approximately 16 percent book-to-book in Total Viewers.

• WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 6 p.m. captured a 6.68 rating (HH) – making it easily the highest rated local newscast of the day. It continues to best the competition in several key demos including Men 25-54, Women 25-54, Households, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54.

• At 6 p.m. WCVB posts significant advantages against the competition in the Adult 25-54 demo: 253 percent over distant No. 4 WFXT, 84 percent over No. 3 WBZ, and 15 percent over No. 2 WHDH. WFXT now places fourth in the market at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.in Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54; and fourth at 11 p.m. in Total Viewers and Households.

• WCVB's long running nightly newsmagazine and fan favorite, Chronicle, finished a close No. 2 at 7:30 p.m.after syndicated game show rival Jeopardy in Adults 25-54, Households and Total-Viewers. Chronicle continues to strengthen its position in the Adults 25-54 demo, posting 18 percent growth from a year ago, as compared to the 7 percent decline experienced by Jeopardy.

• ABC World News Tonight with David Muir bests the competition in Total Viewers, Households and A25-54 on the Network evening news at 6:30 p.m. and continues to capture the most viewers across many key demos. ABC World News captured an impressive 7.10 rating in Households, posting a 29 percent advantage over rival NBC Nightly News that continues to try to improve its footing and regain lost audiences.

• When breaking news happens, WCVB remains the place to turn to, both on-air and on social media. For example, WCVB's social posts reached more than 20 million Facebook users in the hours after the Paris attacks.